Dual Monitors
Using dual monitors is a great addition to the paperless office. I have been using dual monitors for about 1 year. According to stats I have heard, using dual monitors makes the user 20% to 25% more efficient. I can't verify the statistics, but dual monitors was a fast payback for me.
One of the problems with using dual monitors is moving a program (actually window) from one screen to the next. The window needs to be in a "normal" size before it can be moved to a different monitor. Since I usually work with maximized screens that means that I need to click on the button on the upper right corner of the screen to "normalize" it or "restore down".
One of our customers told us about a program called Ultramon that adds another button on a window next to the Minimize, Restore Down (normalize) and Maximize buttons. He loves the program. If you have experience with Ultramon, please post a comment to let us know what you think about it. Ultramon is available at <http://www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/>. The price is $40 for 1 machine, but the price drops for multiple machines.
One of the problems with using dual monitors is moving a program (actually window) from one screen to the next. The window needs to be in a "normal" size before it can be moved to a different monitor. Since I usually work with maximized screens that means that I need to click on the button on the upper right corner of the screen to "normalize" it or "restore down".
One of our customers told us about a program called Ultramon that adds another button on a window next to the Minimize, Restore Down (normalize) and Maximize buttons. He loves the program. If you have experience with Ultramon, please post a comment to let us know what you think about it. Ultramon is available at <http://www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/>. The price is $40 for 1 machine, but the price drops for multiple machines.
posted by Dave K @ 8:45 AM
6 Comments:
At 8:54 PM,
Anonymous said…
I have used this program and it workes very well. I highly recommend it. The only complaint I have is if you use Terminal Server you have to reduce the size to move it to the other monitor. All the other programs move fine maxamized.
At 1:16 PM,
Anonymous said…
dual monitors is a great adition to your paperless office. 3 monitors will work evenbettre. see some cool examples here:
http://www.paperlessadvantage.com/picture_gallery.html
At 8:11 AM,
Brian said…
Using Dual monitors has proven to speed up work efficiency by almost 80%. Medical Shelving
At 8:58 AM,
Dave K said…
The 80% claim may be high, but in the right circumstance it could be accurate.
BTW, I put my monitors on an Ergotron stand, and I have freed up a good portion of my desk.
At 9:26 AM,
Tucker said…
If you have windows 7 try Using "Windows Key" then Left Right and Up arrows. This quickly shifts windows from one monitor to the next.
At 9:26 AM,
Tucker said…
Use Windows Key + Left right or up arrows. That will shoot monitors between windows without your having to pick up the mouse. This only works on Windows 7 machines though.
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